AS Lynas Rare Earths prepares to close a chapter in its Malaysian operations, what started as a foreign direct investment must have become a source of endless headaches for the company and successive governments over the years.
The controversy itself did not begin until 2011, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant accident, when Kuantan residents became aware of a rare earth processing plant being built in their backyard.
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